The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-09
LAUGHABLE.

From the frantic efforts OF the Loyal
League leaders one might almost be led
to think that they really expected to
elect liberal portion of the members
of the Legislature next August. Those
leaders are urging their followers to
register and in their appeals convey the
impression that the matter is one Of
political salvation or humiliation if not
of life or death. II the fellows we're not
in such dead earnest their desperation
would be positively amusing. AS 1t is,
one can not refrain from smiling, if he
is at all acquainted with the situation.
There is absolutely no necessity for the
Liberals to register or vote. There is
no occasion for them to register, and
there will be no sense IN their putting
ticket in the field. Bad as the
Edmunds-Tucker law is, and much
in the way of wickedness as it was
devised to achieve, it is not so bad that
1t can be made to place an insignificant
minority in power, and reduce the over
whelming majority to a condition of
servitude to little handful of adven-
turers. When the redistricting of the
Territory and the reapportionment of
representation was announced. THE
HERALD showed by the figures that the
Liberals, by full registration and vote,
might elect two, or possibly three, mem
bers of the Legislature. Since the reg
istratlon has been practically completed |
we are incliued to believe that our for |
mer estimate conceded too much, and |
we now doubt that more than Two Loyal
Leguers will get seats in the Assembly |
If the People had registered as fully as
they might have done, the anti Mormon |
representation wonld have been told with |
a cipher. As it is, it would not be
difficult matter to elect the Peoples
candidate in every district. To do this,
ali that would be necessary would be
TO get the voters in the doubtful dis
tricts together, and explain to them the
advisability of having our laws
made by good men who are interested
in the welfare and prosperity of the
country, instead of by adventures who
may be here this week and in Montana,
Idaho. or elsewhere next. Let the
registration stand as it is to-day, or as
it will stand on Saturday night when
the lists must close. and a vigorous,
intelligent campaign on the part of the
People will result in the election of the
Peoples ticket everywhere. The
League leaders are aware of this, hence
their present frantic appeals to their
followers must necessarily excite the
laughter of themselves.
THE HERALD wants every
qualified citizen in the Territory
to register and vote. We want
Loyal Leaguers, Liberals and anti
Mormons, as we'll as Mormons, to go to
the pclls next August aud deposit their
ballots. We desire this, for the reason
that it is improper, undemocratic and
wreng that the few should select the
officers for the many; it is not right, it
is not representative, and cannot result
we'll, for one person in fifteen only to
hold the ballot and exercise political
power and authority. We urge all to
register, and will ask all to vote; and if
we can succeed in inducing sll to per-
form thei. political duties, We are Ger
tain of the election OF the Peoples
tickets and of having better government
than will follow their yielding of every.
thing to the hands OF few.